The Sun. — London, England, 1826-11-16 00:00:00

srmiT Or THE PrBLIC .101Y1t:NALS. Amongst the variety of important subjects which press for, the consideration of the newParliainent, it ought not to be forgotten, that: a Coloir:k, called the Cape Of , Good }lope, although it has ham the good fortune, to survive the effects of that Government at the htad of Which was once Lord .Cherles SAmerset, hays many grievous complaint's unredressed, so d many inhabitants who ery aloud ?or ins.. ture. AT:. Bishop Burnett was one o f th ese; hi s story i s known. to the whole kingdom. He has transmitted and presented innumerable accusations to the King's Ministers, againet Lord Charlee , Somerset-s-who is nom titter long sielays, and much apparent :reluctance on his part, with eleawn from the Cape. 'A Commission of Inquiry was sent out to the Cape, composed, as it appears, of Mr. Bigge clever man certainly) and Major Colebraoke— both appointed by Lord .13athurst, Lord Charles Somer. set was likewise appointed &frier by Lord Bathurst, or by the Cabinet, of which he, is a member. Theft two pro frees of the Colonial S'Acretary, therefore, ought to have taken extraordinary. - i a l l os to exempt thethselves from every possible su spicion , o meting with eerie an nodue fellow-feel ing for their In:ether protegt, as would lead rathrtr to their stilling an inquiry into' his conduct thati tO their zealous Proses:ll6o.n of it, end exhibit Leto to the world as screens for g0i. 1 :4 rather than vindiceeds of innocence. The Re port tif these Gentlere.en Commissioners, we are bound to say, whatever it ay have been their treatment of the facts presented to them, does not deserve the least re proach from Lord Chocks Somerset for betraying a spirit int observation upon those facts, in any degree adverse to his Lord Ship. SO upon-those the reverse, indeed, is the tone predominating throughout their official statement, that Mr. Burnett, one of the principal parties in whose allega tions against the ex-Governor the Commission of Inquiry had originated, feels that he has himself much reirion to complain of those Commissioners, for what he describes to be the manifest and unbecoming partiellty of the report. —lle hes just published a long pamphlet, detailing the grounds of his charges against the Commissioners,_ and stating, in confi rma ti on o f t h e v i ews whic h had been form ed of their partiality, the suspicioes kindnesses interchan ged at the Cape between them and the personage into whose Government it .wes their duty to examine. W e recommend this parephletto the attentive perusal of those who have read, and been influenced by, the report.— Above all, we urge upon th e i n f ant P ar l iament, the ric ceesity of devoting their best consideration to the eases at issue between the King's Colonial subjects and the, ex- Ogvenior, of whom they so bitterly complain. A ques tion involving the supposed abuse of poWer, by a public functionary remote from the tribunal to which he is by law amenable, ought to command an early and effectual vigi lance on the part of the only national protector, especially where the 'person charged with delinquency is supposed to have the means of exercising -a vicious authority over many Members of the Parliament itself, whose honour and independence therefore, no less than its justice and hie. inanity, are staked upon the honest entertainment of this constitutional question, as well as on its satisfaCtory result. es. We hope that the Devonshire Magistrates, against whose : decision a Inandantus was moved for on Tuesday, will be able, when the mutter comes again before the Court, to give. some" bett er reason f or ' withholding a pub bean's license than that which they ate said to have as . eigned—Viz. that his sign was gone to be repaired ! We like it for granted that nothing so exceedingly absurd and arbitrary as this can hate occurred even under the preeent licensing system, frs,ught as it is with abuses and defects which have on called for Parliamentary correction. As the subject has been expressly reserved , for the present Session of Parliament, and is now in , the hands of Mr. Peel. and not in those of his colleague, the other Member for Oxford, who has been facetiously called " the Solon of Alehouses," we trust that a system , will soon be esta blished, which will pu t b ot h the cenvenience of the public., and the rights and property of individuals", upon a very different &rating to that upon whiCh they have hitherto been. We are not ageinst public-houses being under a due, and that a pretty tight, cmaroul. Ti n y are, iu their very nature, the ronts of much disorder and insubordina tion, apd!ere, in many instances, frequented by persons who become more and more lawless and extravagant from the fuel which is there added to the flame. But, on the other hand, that a property of so much magnitude and im portance as that which is embarked in them, islo be'sub ject, even as to its existence or momentary destruction, to the taprice of persons, who, when not tainted with cor. euption (as many of theni have been, proved trebe), ere too often alike ignorant mid arbitrary, is a state of things which ought never. to have existed, and cannot now be borne. There seem to its two remedies for the evils of the present system—the one to abolish it altogether, leas. ing the .trade in beer, Ike. as open as that of any other; or by transferring the power of licensing to the Board of EXcise, Which ie likely to exercise it More impartially and dispas sionately than its present possessors generally do, The abolition of the system alto ether ether is by far the most desir- Utile in theory : but *e doubt whether, i n practice, it could be altogether safely adopted; unless, indeed, it were ac companied by some such .restrictions as these -wportien ing public-houses to the actual wants and population of each neighbourhood, and prohibiting the sale of liquors in any house not solely devoted to the. purpose. But no alterations in the licensing system will ever be wholly available, whi c h d o not e ff ectua ll y b r e a kd own t h e brewer's monopoly. This part of the evil is so well known that it would be mielesa to enlarge liven it, The remedy is simple and easy, if Parliament have but the courage and good sense to . resort, to it. It is simply a legislative enactment, making it highly penal in any perien carrying on, the trade n. a common brewer, being, after a time to be limited (say, for instance, five years), directly or indirectly interested, either 44 owner, mortgagee, or otherwise, in any inn, vie walling-house, er alehouse. The last. ..number of the. Edinburgh Review, in an article upon this subject, con tains several new and very striking remarks, to which we would refer such of our readers as' are anxious to be bet ter acquainted with a matter of such general importance. There is one view of the matter by which Ministers, in the present state of the public finances especially, cannot fail, we should think, to be influenced, viz. that there is no part of our system which so keeps down and injures the revenu e as this; while the Minded interest we should iniasine roust be aware , that few things would promo te their o bject more than good beer, and a free trade in 4,- 4:bruins Ikea'''. We see, by the last American Paper's, that an Associa tion has been formed at Charleston, for the purpose of suppressing Duelling, and a' Committee appointed to draft (as Jonathan says) a Memorial on the subject to the Le gislature.. This. practice, Whieh, at one time or another, almost every .State has in vain emleavoured to suppress, r ail to prevail more in the. United S tates t h a n even in ( L ee or England. We are afraid, however, that no le gislative measure can ever put an end to it, Nations have certain manners and customs which no laws can eradicate: time and fashion alone can effect a change. D uelling, :no ' doubt, is a vestige of barbarism ; and, taken 46 a test of right or wrong, is as absurd as the ancient mod e o f de riding quarrels by fi re or water; , it is an evil which • will continue to prevail in all mi litary govemn f rerm it and among nations jealous 0 I • f their independence. we judge. from appearances, it cannot be denied that it hair been productive of great goo d • . on . it has tended to polish society ; tind,in every country where it prevai ls, secr et assassini is almost unknown. Prance or England, or America, wes believe,'such a crime, is . arising from jealousy o r revenge, hardly ever heard of. Murdera,.no dou bt, are committed here occasionally from one or other of these motiv es, tilt seldom or never when the parties mum equal terms; and they are generally committed openly, It is only when a _.,mss in thelower ranks of lifehes been cruelly d by aomperior, and has uot, the means of redress, that he re ,tortato such an alternative. In States where duelling (lota not prevail, the case is quite different: cowardice, jeeloasy, and revenge, produce there a greater proportion of deaths in One year Ain't are eituseA hereby duel* in ten. In Naples, for instance, Where Conibits of this description are inerorare than even suicides (the average of which is about three in the year, or about one to inVenty in propor , Lion to Paris), the crime of, assassination is sttld tti to an alarming ext;ilr. If a natinn hah 1.6 ehtioite between the two ci;ix, no one imitild hesitate for a remnent which lid Otter, IN; 'attempt to check the 641 by i flkt iig ca pital ininlshinent on the surviVor, wh'cit every flag is con ducted a`cdording to 'establiiiltd rules, is so contrary to the natural feelings tif Mankind, that no Jury would ever re turn a verdict of guilty. The moat that the law can do is to institute a strict inquiry into the cause of the quarrel and the conduct of the parties; and, if blame atteches to the survivor, let him not eacape,with In trials that have taken plac e; stitfitient attention has not always been paid to the respective Situations otthe parties. The man who knows his superiority in the use of arms—and who, on that account, presumes to insult another, top°- , yoke a quarrel—is a nuisance iii society; and, it he kill his antagonist, ought to.he treated As a murderer. Such a character iS so teptNive and dangerous, that but few would sympao.ise with him. It is quite otherwise when the parties are on equal terms, when the whole affair is con ducted honourably, and when some grievous injury has been inflicted, for which the injured patty thinks the law can afford no redress. It is to be regretted that cases of this kind should occur, and that human lives 4hotild he lost in consequence ; but We fear that, While the habits and spirit of the people remain the same, no laws can put an end to the practice.--Ibid. If the decision with regard to the Corn Laws in Perlin ment were to depend on the oyinion4 pronounced at the Meetings of the, people thtZughout the country, it might be antielpitted without difficulty. With the single excep tion of. the Landowners and Leaseholders, all are agreed , tnat the interests of the country imperiously require a , termination to the present syStem of restrictions bn the im portation of food, Yesterday there Was a Meetitig of the ' Borough of tiouthWai. i, Oil 016 anbjeet of the Corn Laws. At this Nicetillg Mr. Calvert properly observed, that 'agri culture and manufactures were inseparably connected toge ther, and that the fall of the one necessarily led to the fall of the other. He next observed, " that there was much mistake, he was bound to say, upon the subject of the ad vantage of the agriculturists, in the Minds of those who were supposed (hoWeVer erroneously) to have an interest hostile to theirs." We suspect that the mistake is more general on the side of the agriculturists themselves, who, by their determined opposition to the repeal of their mo nopoly, evidently show that they deem it greatly condu-, cive to their interest. Whatever cramps the industry of the conntry, and impedes the accumulation of wealth, must necessarily injure the value of landed property; and nothing is so preposterous as the idea entertained by too many of them, that the industry of the cowntry 'must not stiffer by the system adopted in 1615, by which intercourse between England and many large kingdoms is r en de re d impossibl e from the inability of obtaining returns for our goods. 13ut Mr. Calvert did not take the very best way to convince the people of their mistake : " lie would explain," he said, " to the Meeting bow the mat; ter really stood :—The best land in this country, he would sup pose, was worth 50s. an acre ; the worst might be valued at ss. an acre. Now, the average of all the acres would be about 301. an acre. The average produce of the best land, per acre, was five quarters of wheat, whereas the worst did not yield, perhaps, twice as many bushels. Be would, however, say that the average pro duce of an acre was wheat that would yield three sacks of flour. These three sacks, in the hands of a good baker, would give 250 ; or, taking it at a snore reduced rate, he would say 240 quartern loaves. Now, the reduction of id. on a quarter!' loaf, on 240 loaves, would be a reduction of lbs. per acre ; se that this would bring the average value of an acre from 80e. to 20s. Thus the reduction of three halfpence on. the quartern loaf, would be a reduction of the whole rental of England ; and, when people were paying Is. bd. for the quartern loaf, he believed they were little aware, that the reduction of three halfpence amounted to the whole agricultural rental of this country. lie stated thus much, in order that the Meeting might he put in real post:coition of the situation of the agricultural interest." We do not exactly see what the proportion between the value between the rental of the country and the price of the quartern loaves has to do with the question. Rent, as we all know, does influence the price of the loaf; but the price of the loaf influences rent; and the landholders contend for the monopoly, because they conceive it leads to a higher average of prices than we should otherwise have, and consequently is the cause of a rise of rents.— When the. price of • food is high, the deductions front the gross produce of the farm are necessarily high also, be. cause the farmer raises the cost of his horses, the tvagee of his labourers, the bills of his tradesmen, and every article consumed by him, which is affected by the price of food. His elucidation, as far as we can understand it, only shows the ruinous process by, whieh the rise of price is obtained. But. Mr. Calvert, in thus comparing together the rental of the country and the gross produce, measured by quartern loaves, and showing how small the proportion of the for mer to the letter, could not surely mean to say that a fall in price of three halfpence the quartern loaf, would have any sensible effect on the rental of the country.--Morning Chronicle. Thursday night, while an apprentice•of Mr. Turvey Flower, jeweller, Essex-quay, Dublin, was engaged removing :tr acks of jewellery from the window, a man rushed into the i h op, snatched up a box containing 270 gold rings, moat of them set in Irish diamonds, pearls, garnets, &c. and instantly decamped with it. The boy pursued him over Essex-bridge, but the fellow effect ed his escape. Several of the rings were picked ip near the bridge. RUNNING MA TC IL---Thc match between Jackson and Wantling of 300 yards for 1001., in which Wantling wall to have given Jackson eight yards, and which was to have been run at Croydon, is off; Bea Burns having forfeited the money down on the part of Wantling. THE RING. 7 -WARD AND CRAWLEY.---.The third deposit for this grand affair, which is to come off on the 2d of January, and which is to decide fur the present the question of Jem Ward'sr title to the Championship, was made good on Tues. day night, at Jack Randall's, the Hole in the Wall, Chancery-lane. YOUNG GAS AND ROBINIfON.—The second de posit for this fight, which is to take place on the nth of January, 1821, was made good on Tuesday night, at the Sol's Arm; Wych street. This mill is to take place between London and Halifax.. A PRINTER'S FROLIC.----ATTIC WIT.--..At the New Bailey Court House, Salford, on Thursday, Mr. William Roden, formerly the foreman of a,newspaper office, in this town, but lately an assistant on a London &today paper, was locked-up, in default of finding sureties to answer, at the next sessions, to a charge of which the following is the substance :—On Wednesday evening, a respectable old lady, a widow, named Wolstenholme, residing at the top of Brazeunose-street, had allowed her son to lien a party of young people. Between eight and nine o'clock, two young ladies stood with the front door ajar, in order to inhale a little fresh air, when Mr. Roden and seven or eight jolly com panions, rushed into the house, and called fora crown bowl of punch. The Inches told them that that was not a public-house, and with some difficulty, got them to leave the house. Between ten and eleven o'cloek, however, their valour, of impudence, hav ing received an additional reinforcement from the jolly God, they went again to the house of Mrs. 'Wolatenholtne, and knocked and kicked at the door. No one attending . to this vulgar summons, they broke open the door„ and rushed In, demanding punch, and - a share in the merriment that was going forward. Mrs. Walston holme's son, and other young men, coming down stairs, strove to put them out, when Roden said lie was a sheriff's officer, and had a writ against one of them. " Where is it ?" said young Wolsten- T' o hne : Roden then cl enc hi ng hi s list, and striking him a heavy win the face, said " there it is • and defend it if you can." At iesigtlt, try th e assi;tance of the w atchman, ' Mr, Roden was crruzib.tne_th.e. New Bailey, and on the following morning, was sg „ ii .j4 Otegistrates. He cross-examined the witnesses withoutfi effect, and then called a M. White to prove that wanted them to ienimitneil stole his hat, and that he merely diately sworn to, restore aiit, it to hint. This Mr. 'White was imme he Was therefore t orie'erl7 one of the most active in the `row, and to , and ultimatelY keep' Mr. Roden courpany a t the bar, to find to answer for the offence at the see-' sions, which not loc k e d u p to t h e i r mg f tati, ; n t l o do, he and Mr. Roden were both Mr. Townend conducted the case for Mrs. Wohtenhol ine , pritonersi arilt o ted that his client was determined to indict the names be ascertained.....JfimeAnto Gazette.t,heic companions, could their na POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAN'SION-HOTISE.—.-Vesterday Captain Sinclair, of the ship Hettenbt, wiiiagaln brought b4ote the LOAD MAYOg, 'on a charge til havitlg assaulted a man named W. Bull, when twn me dical gentlemen attended, and declared the invalid was going on ravourahly. One of theM, the 'gentleman who gave evidence on the first examination, said it Was very itriproliable that fatal,con , seltiefic6 ivouid The Loun MAiros admitted the Captain to hail in the com mon sum—two of 201. and his own sureties for 401. The Captain produced a legal document, giving him notice from the invalid elan action to recover damages for the injury he had sustained, The Captain said, that from the first be believed the whole io be an attack open hiS pocket. This last proceeding convinced him of it. A poor wretched-looking woman complained of the'condtict of the parish officers of Bishopsgate. She said she had four children, for whom she generally got a liVelihood by, winding silk ; she was now, however, out of lvoric, and two of her children being'sick and helpless, she applied to the perish racers for relief. They, had given her relief before, but they now positivelysefused to give her anything. The overseer said, they had given this woman 6s. per week ; but When she last came for relief, instead of begging AS she ought, she positively demanded it in such an insolent manner, that they thought themselves boon(' to reject the application. The Loan MAYOR.--4 beg distinctly to be understood by parish officers, and all persons, when I say that the poor are not bound to tcy for relief ; they have as much right to it, as any of us ftdire to the property which we may enjoy. The Overseer , -.Yes, my Lord ; but they should ask far it in a proper manner. The Loan 31AvOn--Xertaitily they ought; but considerable allowance nitutt 4 Marie fOr their ignorance, and they must not be expected at all times to act with the same decorum as persons of education. In what I have said Ido not wish to be consi dered as making any harsh observations on the overseers of that parish. It is very large, and the poor, I know, arc numerous and unfortunate. t to Messrs, Gray, pawnbrokers in cviVeelwitilAt,ia..ll;--earAell t g o ls t! d sti au ntrrions to show why they refused to pei-mit It Mr: .Sfocitdate, who had pledged with them two volimies o pottraita of 3131-filth pada, to hasped the entry of the sale thereof, a penny being duly tendered for the inspection, and why they refused to pay over to the complainant, after deducting the principal and profit thereon, the surplus of the amount for which the books were sold. The complainant stated, that he pledged the books in July, 1825, for 1/. ; that they were sold because they were not re deemed in July, 1828, although he particularly desired Messrs. Gray to keep them back for a short time, and that be, like Most other people, thought it quite unnecessary to inquire, if the books had been sold for more than the loan upon them and the expenses. Seeing his two volumes put up for sale at a bookseller's at Knightsbridge a few days since, he walked in, confessed the circumstances under which he had parted with them, and learnt that the bOokseller had bought them for three guineas at Messrs. Machin and Debenham's sale of forfeited arti cles. He accordingly applied to Messrs. Gray for the surplus, who refused to give him any information, and actually insulted him. The assistant to Messrs. Gray now produced the requited ac count-book, and admitted the sale to the extent of Si. Is., which, after deducting the loan of IL, the year's interest, 55., and the auctioneer's charge', Ss., left a balance of 1/. 135., which he proposed to set off against Messrs. Grays' losses upon other arti cles pledged by the complainant, which had not sold for the • • prminpal and expenses. This mode of setting off the profit upon some articles against the lots upon others, he said, was always al lowed by Sir R. Birnie, at Bow-street. Sir PETER Lactate raid he had nothing to do with any other pledge than that of the two books ; and, according to the letter of the act, the pawnbroker must pay over the surplus above the loan, interest, and expellees, without reference to losses upOn any other pledges. He would recommend Mr. Gray to do so. If he did not, Mr. Gray Must attend in person ; and if the same facts were proved on a future day, he would be convicted in the penalty of 10/., and treble the sum the books were originally pawned for. Mr. Stapleton, a fishmonger in Holborn, appeared upon sum mons, for refusing to pay the carriage and porterage of a parcel of woodcocks brought to London from Barnstaple, for sale, by the Royal Devon coach. Mr. Stapleton said the parcel was carried to the office at Barn staple, from which the 'Royal Devon and the NorthDeven coaches start, with a direction upon it that iksbould ho conveyed by the latter. The reason of this was, that the carriage wee charged lower, awl the woodcocka reached hies a whole day sooner ; but in spite of the very positive direction that the parcels should go by the North Devon, the bookeeper waisted in sending them by the Royal; and he was informed by the owners of the former coach that he was not bound to pay thing for carriage 'under such circumstances. Sir P. LAURI& said, the charge for carriage must be paid to the Royal, because it was actually due to it; with the manner in which the woodcacka were put into the Royal, he (Sir Peter) {sad nothing to do. The North Devon might have started be fore the parcel arrived, or without its being thought of: at all events, if there was any trickery, it must rest with the Barnstaple coach-office. . . The defendant was order e d t o pay t h e c a rr i age , porterage, slim mons, and the porter for loss of time in attending that day. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday morning, a young man, wheat appearance bespoke extreme poverty, presented himself to the notice of Sir R. BigNlt end Mr. AiniNnuLL, stating that his name was Wilmott, end that he was a son of the Princess Olive of Cumberland. lie was now determined to go to sea, and with that intention he had just left the workhouse, and.was on his way to Gravesend to procure a ship. He was without the means, however, of buying a bit of bread on the road, unless the Ma gistratee Would kindly assist him. Sir R. BIRNIZ observed, that the moment he laid his eyes on the applicant, he knew him to be a son of the person whom he called his mother, and he wondered hew the Princess, as she styled herself, could deny a connexion which was apparent to all the world. Sir "Richard then presented the young man with half-a-crown, to help him on , the road; and wished him success, Richard Arnold and Benjamin Brown were placed at the bar, charged with entering the premises of Mr. Sampson, who keeps an academy for young gentlemen at Kentish-town, at half past two o'clock on the morning of 'Wednesday, and stealing from the school-room, adjoining the prosecutor's residence, several ankle,' of wearing apparel belonging to Mr. Sampson's pupils. Two constables who apprehended the prisoners on going their rounds, observed them, with the property in their possession, just as they thought they had got clear off with their booty. The constables followed them across a field, and desired them to stop, which they did immediately, and were taken to the watch-house, 'at Kentish -town, and brought for examination to this office. Sir It. BIRNIE asked Brown, one of the constables, why the prisoners were not brought before one of the magistrates in the neighbourhood of Kentish-town. Brown replied, 'that - the magistrates residing in the neighbour liood did not like to interfere. Sir R. BISILNIIi—Iiut that is very wrong though; I cannot see why they should object to set in their own district. Indeed,. I cannot perceive the use of gentlemen getting themselves made Ma. gistrates, unless at all times prepared to perform the duties of the office. I, tir my part, have only one day in the week, which is Saturday, to enjoy the comforts of retirement, and even then I am frequently called upon to act in tny official capacity. The prisoners were fully committed to prison on both charges, and the parties were bound over to prosecute: " A Friend to the Distressed" enclosed two sovereigns fOr Sir R. Ilirnie's charity box. IIATTON-GAIMEN,.....EII en Wilson, a young women, was charged with obtaining goods from various tradesmen in Battle. bridge, and its vicinity, in the Milt of her late employer, a Mr. Jenkins, cap and bonnet maker, living in Pratt's-terrace. The pri. sonar had been in hie emplov.siveral month., but had quitted him thiee weel9laincee during which t i me s h e had been levying contri butions, in his name, on the neighbouring shopkeepers with whom he dealt, several of whom were in attendance to prove thenre spective cases, One, however, a grocer, who .was also constable, suspecting something wron g , detained the messenger, a young girl, whom she had sent for a pound of tea, sugar, Ste. and was by her conveyed to the prisoner, who WAS waiting at a convenient distance.—The , charges being fully proved, the prisoner, Who seemed much affected at her situation, was committed for trial. M ARYLE BONE.OFFICE.—A communication was made to Mr. Bewlinson by a peace officer of the city, which is likely to give a further insight into the mysterious circumstances attending the highway robb ery committed on the night of the ith i nst a nt . near the top of G iumersbory-lane, on the Brentford- roa d. stated that on Monday th e 6 t h i ns tant, between six and seven was brought to Giltspur- s t ree t compter, by one o f the pogo), o'clock in the evening, a meth wh o gave his name John Dunn, charge :with being drunk and diMrderly in Lombard -street; agree ably to the standing order of the governor, he war searched ;1 he had two sovereigns and g s . i n his waistcoat pock e t s , which he sa id was all the money he possesse d ; h e h ad na watch ut tl something hard being felt in his watch-pocket, whi c h was n ed op, the turnkey cut it open : he found in it a small bag, lso sewed up , which contained 61 sovereigns and a half; the-mo cY was retained by the officer until the next morning, when the party was taken to the Mansion-6W. tTe told the Lord Mayor that the money-was his own, for he had earned it; it was return ed to him ;he was fined for being drunk, and discharged. He bad a stupid appearance, which might have arisen from his in toxication ; he appeared very shy about his money; he was about . five feet six inches high, wore a Woe coat, a light waistcoat, and light breeches or pantaloons, and spoke with the Irish accent: his' hat Was low in the crown, and had a narrow brim. As the man above,described was discharged at tho Mansion-house on the morn ing of the 7th, and the robbery took place on the evening of the same day, the officer thought it likely to be the same man, parti cularly as the description of his person, and the amount of his pro perty, so nearly , corresponded. Mr. RAWLINSON thanked him for the information, and re quested him to follow up the inquiry. QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday a very respectable young man, named George Piggot, residing in Ebury-street, Pimlico, 'collecting-clerk to the house of Messrs. Lyall and Son, of the Swan - Brewery, Chelsea, was brought up in the custody of Thomas Pace, an officer belonging to the above establishment, charged with embezzling various sums of money, the property of his employers, amounting to upwards of 400/. Pace, the officer, stated, that he found on the prisoner when be took him into custody, a memorandum-Vook of accounts, which the Magistrate ordered him to keep ; and Messrs. Lyall were dc. sired to bring up their books on Saturday next. The prisoner was then remanded. Ife' shed tears during the examination. THAMES POLICE'-OFFlCE.•—Captain Black came to this office to complain of a statement made by a Mrs. Baker, relative to her son. Captain Black positively denies that part of her state ment, wherein she said that her son' bad been forced on board a vessel hound to the desert island of St. Paul. The facts are these : —From tke great,,experience of ,the lad Baker, and other sailors in the whale fishery, be at his own expense fitted out a vessel, and with their own consent and at their express desire, he Sent them out, they being regularly shipped under the proper authorities at the Mauritius. The vessel and outfits cost him 8,000 dollars, and which vessel has never been heard of since. Captain Black does•not deny having received 40/. , from the lad; Baker, for which he gave a duplicate of his promissory note, payable to his order, and he is quite ready and willing to pay over the said sum to the mother of Baker. Captain Black further stated, that Mrs. Baker is solely indebted to him for the information,relative to his hiving any money of her son's in his hands. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, SATURDAY, Nov. IS. (At the Court of Commissioners. ) Banieter, T., Norwood-green, brewer-2 Dainton, W., . Piccadilly, ironmonger—l 1 Dutton,, .1., Fencburch-sareet, broker-1 1 Gardener, IL, Rotherhithe, cabinet-maker-11 Glenny, G., Lancaster-place, . Strand, merchant--1I Gordon, T., Bedford-street, bookbinder-2 Kenworthy, J. and 8., Ironmonger-lane, warehousemen-12 Look, J., Northampton, draper-11 Cormick, J., Broad-street, merchant- - -I2 Parkinson, W., Greek-street, carver-11 Roy, E., : Pall-mall, haberdasher-10 Scott, W., Lower-BroOk-street; victualler r .-11 Schlesinger, M., Stamford-street, merchant-11 Stamp and Nicholson, Milbank-street, timber-merchants—l I Yates, J., City-road Wharfs, timber merchant-10 • , COUNTRY DIARY, SATIMAY, Nov. 18. Cocks, J., Norwich—Castle minion, Norwich-4 Edouart, A., Cheltenham—Royal Hotel, Cheltenham-11 Hargreaves, G., Liverpool—Star, Manchester-2 Haviland, R., Cheltenham—Ram Inn, Gloucester-2 Knowles, J. and W., Manchester—White's, Manchester-2 Morris, S., Cheltenham—Royal Hotel, Cheltenham-11 Smith, T., Salford—Mosley Arms, Manchester-1O INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. COUNTRY.—At the Court-house, Lancaster, November 20, at Nine. Ashworth, G., Toddington, blacksmith Bardsley, J., Manchester, picking-master Chittenor, G., Manchester, baker Chatterton, P., Little Lever, shopkeeper Duckworth, J., Blackburn, carter• Dunn, T., Liverpool, pork-dealer Eaton, It., Manchester, brazier Eccles, It., Walton-le-Dale, weaver Forshaw, It., liretherton, farmer Gregson, .1., Preston, labourer Hall, T., Breightmet Fold, gardener Hargreaves, W., Woorston, weaver Hopkinson, C., Rawtenata'll, cabinet-maker Hulley, W., Chosibent, mechanic Iskerwood, J., Bolton-le-Moors, publican Jackson, E., Manchester, coach-proprietor Loftus, W., Manchester, corn-dealer Martin, R., Walton-le-Dale,' currier Ogden, N., Preston, machine-maker Parkinson, Pt., Harwood, weaver Reed, J., Manchester, eallenderer Robinson, W., Salford, builder Rogers, J., Manchester, grocer Sharpies, H., Manchester, publican Standring, S., Newton-Heath, silk-winder Stott, W., Manchester, coach-driver Theebold, R., Manchester, tailor What'll-they, D., Manchester, milk-merchant Whittle J,, Whittle-le-Woods, calico-printer Walmeley, J,, Chorley, publican Maidstone, same slay, at Ten. Hope, E., Dover, grocer Howland, G., Canterbury, farmer Milligan, J., Sheerness, brewer Moffett, J., Ya!ding, farmer Reader, E., Dartford, fellmonger Waters, W., Gravesend, boat-•builder ERUDITio/4.—Eruditiori is excellent when managed by good sense. But how often does it only increase a man's natural fund of nonsense ? What do you say to the scholastic question, Si Dna feit qua non scimitar ? Hobbes said, that if he had read so much as the eruditi, he should have been as ignorant as they. MELSOSE CHAIN BRIDGE.—This bridge, which for some time past has been erecting across the Tweed, at Mel rose, has just been completed, and is now open to thelitiblir. It has been built by private subscripti on , an d i s i ntended to form a communication from Melroes to the village of Gattonside, and the surrounding country on that side of the Tweed. It is a very handsome structure, and forms altogether a new and interesting feature in the scenery of the vale of Melrose. It is chiefly in tended for foot passengers, although it is also calculated to admit horses. The span or distance between the centres of the suspension pillars is , three hundred feet, and the depth of the arch is seventeen feet. The reintway is four and 11-half feet wide, and at the centre is elevated 19 feet above the surface of the water in the river in its loWest state, and fully eight feet above the level of the highest floods. The road way rises three feet from the sides of the centre in the form of an arch, which harmonises well with the reverse curve of the chains hanging down from above. The suspending pillars are of hewn stone, 38 feet in height above low water, and 24, feet above the roadway. They are 'solid above, and the passage from the roadway is formed by a Gothic arch through the lower part of them, four feet six inches wide, and twelve feet high. The their design and proportions, and have a very striking effect. The roadway is of wood,' consisting of longitudinal beams of oak, and between hound together at intervals, by cross pieces, the whole covered With a fl ooring of planks li inches thick. It Pillars are simple an b d ut ir,9 h n an b d a st: s m , e an i d n suspending rods three-fourth is suspended to the main chains, by .. ; an d these being a united, and inch diameter, and hanging down et ceery i r si l d e e e o t ; and parallel to these, it perms of rods envie . f u tile roadway l on gitudinally from end to end of the to the height of about four feet interlaced by rodi running bridge, form a strong on each' sid es main each consisting of suspend ingchains are four in number! two . long, end If inch diameter , joined by an eye at of bars 10 feet i . '. i the one into the other, and at every 40 m f ee c t l' e b i y ,l t t' w " , ' , i tY ah e o n r le t r rin gr k a s i 17n: on each r e iv s o ch b s o i l d u e. and rr e h y e es, i n the usua l secured by au arch of stone, which has T h ese c hains are carried over the top of the suspend manner. , iron plates, loaded with a mass of suspend ing pillars, and from thi:_nee . down into the ground; where they meson-Work, an d la Is extreme abutment resting on the iron plates. On the who its bridge is welheontrired for Strength and stability, and its eire. CO. • - highly creditable to Messrs. Iledpath,' Brown, and 7 cutter. is large fttr i t il l a e i r teanl e WhO were entreated with it by the subscribers, 'lt gnawers re. are attached to markahly w e ll every purpose for which it wakintendodi and adds another important example to those which have been slreadyit 7 forded of the utility and value of the principle • of asspension.,-- Mitch praise is due to Mr. Scott, of Abbotfe-meadewe, to whose seal and indefatigable exertions the public are chiefly indebted for this useful structure.—Scotaman. SPOR nigG INTELLIGENCE. MALTON COURSING MEETING. This celebrated meeting lasted four days, and produced met eellent sport. The Cup came off as follows :--Major Bower's Beningbrough beat Mr. Lowther's Phantom ; Mr. Swann's Jule heat Mr. Vansittart's Jenny; *Mr. Vansittart's Miller beat Mr. Swann's Mitsey ; Mr. Swann's Miller beat Lord Macdonzil's Btutus ; Mr. Best's Mayflower beat Air. Vausittart's Leopold; Mr. Best's Marigold beat Lord Macdonald's Blossom ; Mr. Betts Meteor beat Mr. Lowther's Wilton ; Major Bower's Belzoni beat Mr. Lowther's Elizabeth. . FOR THE Cur.-2n CLASS.—Mr. Swann's Miller beat May. flower ; Marigold beat Beningbrough ; Mr. Vansittart's Miller beat Jane ; Belzoni beat Meteor. Fon THE Cur--SD CLASS.—Belzoni beat Mr. Vallsittai" ; Mr. Swann's Miller beat Marigold. CONCLUDING Conass..—Mr. Swann's Miller beat Major Bower's Belzoni, and won the Cup.—: A Sweepstakes of 5 so'. each, was won by Mr. Best's Gratitude.---A Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each for puppies, was won by Mr. Swami's Surift--Th' matches were numerous. GAME SHOOTING. A match at game shooting between Mr. Woo!ford of 13;:illont, and R. Jackson, Esq. took place on Tuesday, for 100 to rs., h e former to shoot in Oxfordshire, and the latter in Buckin g shire, with a leash of dogs each, x:.) o should bag most bead of game, and take the day, with a single barrelled gun , coun"° lt° two ounces and a half of shot. Mr. Jackson commenced opera. tione in the Burnham Fields, three miles from Maidenhead Bridge, and bagged as follows :—Fourteen brace of birds, el even brace of pheasants, and seven hares—total fifty-seven. Mr. shot towards High Wycornh and across the Oxford road, ha mn seven till half-past tour o'clock, and missed five times, but did not fall into good shooting for the first three hour', His bagging I° , five o'clock was eleven brace ofpartridg e s, b r ace and' $ the match of, pheasants , and ,nine hares—total fifty two, losing by five. Mr. Woolford missed four shots, and lost by not finding. Wpolford n matches for 100 soya. each took Plac e TROTTfISG MATCHES. Ter Essex road, th e first of which *vas jr. Raymond's Spitfire, took eight miles against Captain Forrester 's Paul Pry. The ~inncr were to carry eleven stone each, .and even' betting that the winuer did the ground in half an hour. Spitfire trotted the eight miler cleverly in 30 minutes, 10 eeconda, and Paul Pry in SI minutest 5 seconds. At the conclusion of alio match Mr. Blandf°llll° lertook' to trot his Lancashire mace one mile in three Minu t d ! and ten seconds, for 50 sovs, over as part of the slow 01, yesterday on the The match was altogether a ftilure, as the mare lost by 1 0 Isl. AN OUTSIDE PASSENG:ER.--- W hen • goyne wail once at a play, which w,:e merit naterablY en", _ IA a barn in Lancashire, he called one of the performers, ar re " pi id the name of the 'piece. " Th e SiMe Coach' Sk'' 11 oblige Buskin. 4 , Well, then," replied the Gone-tab "r" w ` ,a, tlet me by giving me early notice the next time it is perform I may be an outside passenger."—ivrop4v4 l A 111 1"; ilk ker METEORS SEEN IN INDIA. —C:O IOneI c to r, has given the Asiatic Society an account of s eingular nittot, having the appearance of an elongated ball of fire, " k i t e el served at Calcutta, a little after sun-set, when on tha ro""`"' c t o r the Court Bowe and the Town Ball. Its colour 'Was 1 4 ' e %,,i the day-light wee still strong, and its larger diaraete APP " n , greater, and its smaller less, than the semi-diameter of the, 14 direction was from east to weld, its tract nearly horizon e O „ 4 altitude about thirty degrees. Colonel Blacker regrets net 0i a Generaltelid,ura; heard of any other observation of this phenomenon , a lto greater distance, whereby he might have estimated its height. As, however, it did not apparently nwre velocity of ordinary meteors, it was probably nt a g",, t ologe , tance, and consequently of great size. So long as t • Blacker beheld it, which was for five or six seconds, its 0,1001°6:. was steady, its light equable, and its size and figure rwhil,k Dent. It latterly, however, le ft a train of sparks, soon efter ;faaf it disappeared suddenly, without the attendant circunistance_s,o, report audible in Colonel Blacker's sitnation. Colonel / 31 1.`1, n eo o n u c s l in ud e e t s eor h e i , s a pa nd p c e o r n w si i d t e h rs so t m hem e interestinguaolobtartriviratt.;oienetr: do m ay-light, clo o u f d t s h , eainrdnmurinsbtyerwneaothcoern,cesoptoiofntenesenxleuf,,_,,errheheta eidbeyji:tt fromitnzss theisted fa c e ); em; mentioned o s n o c n d t ebcyo our n jec conjecture author,m rty that in .; r n o iuedi using too!: stars shoo, mical telescope he has often seen what are called falls visible to the ing through the field of view, when they we ° not o oly ernbr ar '" naked eye; and when h is considered that the gleam' is here, it will one-twenty-five-thousandth part of the celestia l 11 ,1„i v onsw' ffi ' 9 ' is fie apparent that these phamo mo s west be °Lin ' order to occur so frequently in so mi ll a shave. Evening Courant. COTTON WOOL. LIST or ISM S:TS :SNP EXPORTS. tir° Bll TOILIND• Same Pe' This nod year . year. L G i i r a c ir tpo w ol 11 this y r*r• 13ags, &c. Bags, Itc. Sao, kr. 11100 London' 455,08S 6158 IRV 5:40 0101 Sii,/0 I 09,968 4, 91 11.85.9 29,27 i Total exported in 1526 ......... WOW. TIE MARKET IAL MARKL7.—Nov. • - • ill (1/. W. E. 118974. 31'8 W. E. Northumb. 92 % W. E. Peareth-- 31 3 W. E. Riddell's .:, si 0 w. F RusacU's 34 0 W. E. IValker—.3l , ti Stoup Coll 0 1.5. S A Favice igat6 h"' t , 6 c ,,Be walls moronil •-• walls rd L 6 Rrrair,gt ' ton si 8. d. Heaton .34 0 Hebburn Main— 341 8 Killingworth 33 0 Pglaw 30 0 3.3 0 ao wane DO 8e11'5:..33 0 Ships at Market, sg—. Ships sold. • LIVERPOOL CORN EXC HANOE.--) l .° t * 16 'd s itlioug it The Corn market to-day was very well attende d ; fOr the arrivals were considerable , h i gh er p rices were (1 an 0314natiosca inost d articler per b. A 4 f s alirbu;odera business was saasdloens il e l u in Oats, of i. a Id. t former prices. Wheat in bond has been much irli' prices are on the 'advance. sio'• 4, ay. 4 , 0 4 0 c ,L I. "• S9A , 0 Wheat, English, pee 701ba . g6it 9 2 R9 l , .1 —,...Scotch _, - , OO a o ~' ti 4a , --- Irish (red) 7 61i Al 7, oes 0 0 ---- Foreign (free) —......., , 5 0 a S $ i t ' , -.--..... Ditto (white 0 0 a ‘i li n g , : a 0 1. 1 --- Foreign (in bond) ..---...... 5 0a i 0 ' Oats, F.Nlish and Scotch ..,...—.......-.. :/ oas : 1 (14 o °4 4 : 4 0 1 °l - (free) . --- Irish 0$ - 00 0 0 Barley, Malting, per Imp. yr...... . 0 0 . g 0 oft . 0 0 ............• Grinding, per 60Ibo. ............:,.... b „'' ; 1,3 a . `l, i 0 ;„ Beans, English, per Imp. qr. .-.......... 6 0 v - .3 0 u " 0 ' a 0 l; s ` . O 0 ft 2. a 2 Flour, Amer., sweet, (bond), per bet_ 0 1 0 0-° 0 - flour oao,. 00600 ditto, per 3B 0 1 33 , 4 ; 001 0 0 -----. English, fine, per 5801134.......-. ,5/ 0 ,-, . 00s 43 0 ---- Irish, ditto • , aa 01 11 ',j 41 0 :40 . 0 °To4dtilnan"Litl'ort»,slplilerh'imPerp.'2(3l:irth:T.-,...—.-"- ---%"- O g a : ------ g -..--° n0(1: .....' (' l ) Wheat. Data. Earl e y. I G l i tiyi:. ...,...... 6 015 8 ° 0$ 4 1; 0 Malt, per Imp. quarter " An 0 -- A a Pease, English white, per Imp. gr..—. 5 8 0 A " - 0 0 - Rye.........-- . ta Sacks. 1 1 7 . . Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 9rs. Qrs. i m i t 967 w. 14,53 25,1111 5,014. AO 4,013 ' . ' obleo BIRTH. - f jo b n 'eo lo On the Rtli 'nat., at Hampstead, the wife 0 - - Esq., of a sou. f o r Beam. rukwpse.a..."esittsl::io. 1.11.41:013:1,4:', ' • ", MARRIED. 00 , Pill` tf Yesterday, at St. Margaret's , Weatinitater,,Mr. ....„ of Newgate-n arket to Mime Elliot, of Charit,-,----„,„.....--es. DIED.: , „,,,,, of bin On the Igth inst., at Hamiterstnith, in the ' (Situ, ,- f r flocj it. age, the Rev. -Thomas Stephen Atwood, M.A.. 1 1 le tar • i rsr.s worth and Morborne, in the County of .11untingdon,_*04 0 of SS years Miniater of the Hamlet of Hammersmith. , t ell' On that IStb inst., after a lingering illnect, iforgare" the Esq., in the '7oth year of hie age. ' of the Rev . I)r. Sampson, of Petersham, Surrey. , i 004 On the 14th inst., at Cranford, Atiddleser John 1-11. On the 19th ult., at Nuttall, near /hay, Par. l'hu".-.:.--"terhre ernii, in hi s s 90th yeai, having retained . all hie foOlt' e l,',usof last. Few instances occur of an individual living to isett,v- - sof th de an cendants as he has done. ExaMples of longevity ntoc,!! r :heir au his are frequently recorde d . in the publie Paptot '," 0 0 ftir Progeny mentioned as extraordinary, when th e y have. n. cur i a . short of the nuMber in the prese_nt case. Att ftr ° L .,' ~ curia, short worthy of record, the following particular!) her!' .1, , r - sp g letted, and mar , be relied on ea eiirrect":—Nttinber W4)0; dead—ehikirens IQI, grandchildren, 5h ; greet-grandchildieot:6 gre.i t--rintt-grodehi Wren, 19--Sttat ltital f'desetnt 1 , . Oh Print ei and Pulthilusti by . YOUN (3, 4 Hiss Soo Orel No. II ?, gown,.